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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 265: C387-C396, 1993;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 265, Issue 2 C387-C396, Copyright © 1993 by American Physiological Society

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Hyperosmotic stress stimulates tissue plasminogen activator expression by a PKC-independent pathway

E. G. Levin, L. Santell and F. Saljooque
Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037.

Shear, stretch, and the generation of oxygen radicals stimulate increases in tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) mRNA levels and antigen production, suggesting that environmental stress may regulate t-PA gene expression. We have examined whether t-PA production is also responsive to a hyperosmotic environment. Endothelial and HeLa cells were treated with hyperosmotic medium, and t-PA mRNA and antigen secretion were measured. Endothelial cells incubated in hyperosmotic medium showed a dose-dependent decrease in cell volume and a 1.9 +/- 0.3- and 3.7 +/- 0.9-fold increase in t-PA secretion at 425 and 485 mosmol/kgH2O, respectively. HeLa cells showed a 3.3 +/- 0.6- and 5.1 +/- 1.2-fold increase at the same osmolalities. Increased secretion began between 8 and 16 h and continued through 24 h. Cultures returned to isosmotic medium after 8 h of treatment continued to release 98.1 +/- 7% of the maximum levels of t-PA for the next 16 h, despite the reversal of other responses to hyperosmotic environment. t-PA mRNA levels also increased between 8 and 16 h to five times control levels but returned to baseline by 24 h. No change in intracellular Ca2+ concentration, inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, or diacylglycerol content was detected, suggesting that a different intracellular signal pathway may be involved in the response to hyperosmolar stimulus. Thus environmental stress may be a general stimulatory signal through which t-PA production can be induced.


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